{"id":236,"date":"2011-12-06T13:16:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/senan.org.uk\/?p=236"},"modified":"2021-02-18T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:17:01","slug":"rajapakse-david-cameron-and-bell-pottinger-working-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senan.org.uk\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Rajapakse, David Cameron and Bell Pottinger \u2013 working together?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TU Senan for- \u00a0Tamil Solidarity<\/a>
\nThe Independent on Tuesday 6 December exposed the dirty dealings of a company called Bell Pottinger (BP). The information revealed included details of the service Bell Pottinger provided to the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). This company had previously been accused of acting on behalf of other countries with records of human rights violations such as Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

According to the Independent, this PR company claims that they \u201chave used their access to Downing Street to get David Cameron to speak to the Chinese premier on behalf of one of their business clients within 24 hours of asking him to do so\u201d and that \u201cit was possible to use MPs known to be critical of investigative programmes to attack their reporting for minor errors\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is clear from this report how influential they are on the current government including the prime minister and a number of MPs. It is the very same company that represents the GoSL, even to the extent that it is writing the president\u2019s speech for the UN. Bell Pottinger claims inside the UK it has added some \u201ccritical dialogue at government level\u201d on behalf of the GoSL. Bell Pottinger worked hard to \u201cbalance\u201d out the accurate reports produced by Channel 4 about the war and its aftermath in SL which saw tens of thousands of Tamil-speaking people brutally massacred.<\/p>\n

This is a criminal attempt to bury the genocidal slaughter that took place. This is not acceptable. Bell Pottinger should be held to account. The company must be immediately stopped from defending countries like SL with horrific human rights abuses. TS demands the immediate release of all information about Bell Pottinger\u2019s dealings with the GoSL that Bell Pottinger holds. There must be a public inquiry into all the dealings of this company, not left in the hands of MPs they\u2019ve worked with. We believe they are guilty of assisting and covering up a massacre and should be taken into administration, with all assets frozen.
\nThe UK government has made no serious effort to bring the GoSL to account for the war crimes. Instead the GoSL is still considered a full member of the Commonwealth and will be allowed to chair the next summit in 2013. This should be prevented. The country should be suspended from the organisation. Cameron\u2019s weasel words calling on the GoSL to \u201cimprove human rights\u201d mean nothing for the oppressed Tamil-speaking people. We want to see action taken. We demand that Cameron reveals all his personal dealings with Bell Pottinger. We demand that the government shows the concrete details of the measures it has taken i relation to war crimes in SL given that it\u2019s ex-defence secretary was proved to be criminally close to the government. Disgraced former defence minister Liam Fox is a close friend of Rajapakse and defended the GoSL. Even though he has been forced out his foreign policy continues. Furthermore it appears that his method of backroom deals has not ceased either. We demand transparency in foreign policy dealings.<\/p>\n

Two years have passed since the major massacre took place in SL. 20,000 young people remain in secret torture camps, tens of thousands are kept in makeshift camps and there has been no proper resettlement. We cannot accept the continuation of this oppression. The Tamil-speaking people living in the UK should stand up to these rotten politicians whose morals is no better than the Rajapkses\u2019.<\/p>\n

TS initiated a vigorous campaign against the \u2018Flying Fox\u2019 in the summer prior to the exposure of his dodgy dealings \u2013 knocking on at nothing less than 5,000 homes in his constituency. We also warned about a series of MPs and MEPs who work against the interests of the Tamil-speaking people in the UK and European parliaments. We warned against placing hope in them and their weasel words. We urge the oppressed Tamil-speaking people and other diaspora groups who claim to represent them to break from such false and failed methods.<\/p>\n

Instead let\u2019s find common cause with those other groups and masses who challenge this corrupt millionaire elite who acts only to enrich themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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